[ti:American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Will Meet with Egypt's New President]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:IN THE NEWS]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
[00:08.25]The United States and Egypt have had a long
[00:12.20]and close relationship for more than thirty years.
[00:16.74]The United States has provided
[00:19.39]over one billion dollars yearly
[00:22.29]in military and economic aid to the Arab nation.
[00:27.34]Many Egyptians have criticized the aid,
[00:31.43]saying it does not directly reach civilians.
[00:35.68]They also do not approve of what they believe
[00:40.09]is American interference in their national concerns.
[00:44.55]On Sunday, American Secretary of State
[00:49.20]Hillary Clinton will visit Egypt.
[00:52.18]She is to meet with the newly elected
[00:55.13]Islamist President Mohamed Morsi,
[00:58.24]other senior government officials
[01:01.14]and leaders in civil society and business.
[01:05.79]The State Department says
[01:08.28]she will express American support
[01:11.27]for Egypt's democratic changes and economic development.
[01:16.96]It is clear that relations between Egypt
[01:20.81]and the United States will continue.
[01:23.85]But many people are re-examining the relationship.
[01:28.79]In Cairo, Ahmed, an official
[01:32.89]with the Agriculture Ministry in Egypt,
[01:35.80]says he hopes the United States
[01:38.54]will support the nation without linking
[01:41.84]the relationship to Egypt's natural resources.
[01:45.68]AHMED: "We don't ask for a lot;
[01:47.37]we don't want them to provide us the same [aid]
[01:49.91]they give Israel or the whole region.
[01:54.30]But the issue is, what is best for us
[01:56.59]- democracy, development, whatever it is."
[02:00.70]Manar Shorbagy, a professor of political science
[02:04.53]at the American University in Cairo,
[02:07.50]says the United States should re-examine
[02:11.39]how it deals with Egypt.
[02:13.99]She also says the United States has defined
[02:17.98]its interests as in oil and protection of Israel.
[02:24.73]Miz Shorbagy says
[02:26.80]Egyptians demanded respect from their government
[02:30.46]during the Arab Spring pro-democracy revolution.
[02:34.76]She believes they will demand the same
[02:37.91]from the rest of the world.
[02:39.85]In two thousand nine, President Obama visited Cairo
[02:45.30]and made a historic speech about a new beginning
[02:49.49]between the United States and the Arab and Muslim world.
[02:54.33]He spoke about removing years of mistrust,
[02:58.73]finding common positions and relations based on shared respect.
[03:05.33]However, Miz Shorbagy says President Obama meant well,
[03:11.23]but his words have produced an unwanted effect.
[03:15.56]She says that after the president's talk in Cairo,
[03:20.02]Egyptians increased their expectations of the United States.
[03:25.57]But none of the promises have been kept,
[03:29.36]which she believes has worsened the situation.
[03:33.50](SOUND)
[03:36.51]Mohamed is a twenty-year-old history teacher.
[03:40.12]He says he has not seen any difference
[03:43.76]in how the United States deals with Arab dictators
[03:48.36]or the Palestinian issue since the Obama speech.
[03:53.01]The Gallup research organization
[03:55.84]asked groups of Egyptians this year
[03:58.75]about their opinions on several issues.
[04:02.53]The study found that more than half the Egyptians
[04:07.43]who took part believed closer relations
[04:11.24]with the United States was a bad thing.
[04:14.54]Only one fourth of the Egyptians who were asked said
[04:19.32]they supported continuing the United States military
[04:23.72]and economic programs in their country.
[04:27.57]Political writer Atef El Ghamry says Egypt is now
[04:31.97]in a period when Egyptians themselves,
[04:34.92]not just the government will decide
[04:37.84]foreign policy concerning the United States.
[04:41.28]He says it is important that America
[04:44.58]change a lot of its positions."
[04:47.32]And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English,
[04:52.76]written by Kim Varzi.
[04:54.61]I'm Steve Ember.
[04:56.66]Go to 51voa.com for more...
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